[Casper] Running out of HD space on Distribution Points
sean.hansell at jwt.com
sean.hansell at jwt.com
Fri Dec 12 10:19:31 PST 2008
Thing is, I *DO* want the deleted packages copied, and I do want
everything in Casper Data copied, but when I clean things up on the Master
Server (e.g. Emptying the deleted packages folder), those deletions don't
carry over to the remote distribution points, and worse, those deleted
packages are *STILL* in the main packages folder on the Distribution
Points.
"Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu>
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Hello,
I like the idea of expanding the functionality, but at the same time...if
you don’t want it copied, don’t put it in there.
By default I thought rsync used mod and size, again according to the site
for it:
“Rsync finds files that need to be transferred using a "quick check"
algorithm (by default) that looks for files that have changed in size or
in last-modified time”
That would concern me if your ntfs file isn’t getting updated.
If it’s not comparing by mod and date...I’m wondering why not. I started
to sync to my second server recently, but just now have time to look into
doing more. Like putting my backups in the CasperShare directory so it
automatically goes to the other server in the event of a hardware failure
and I need to setup the new server fast. Lazy way of not setting up my own
task.
It should also be easy to set it to delete what’s no longer on the master
if that isn’t being set, to help clean things up:
--delete-delay find deletions during, delete after
--delete-after receiver deletes after transfer, not before
I believe those are the options in the current release. I would have
looked more into what is actually being set by the JSS util but don’t have
time right now.
As for the comment about copying over Deleted Packages...true it doesn’t
need to, but Empty the trash if you are truly deleting something. I
actually keep a separate subfolder of packages I want completely removed
from being visible to the JSS, Package Archive. It requires me to do it
manually, but that’s fine by me. I know I’ve asked for that feature at one
point. As always...different strokes for different folks. =)
Craig E
On 12/12/08 11:05 AM, "Nathaniel Lindley" <NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org>
wrote:
I've noticed that too, the Automatic Sync with the JSS utility copies
EVERYTHING in the master "CasperShare" folder to the remote distribution
points. However, all that needs to be on remote distribution points is
/Packages and /Scripts. So all the Deleted Packages get rsynced out,
too.
Other problem I noticed is that when I replace a file in an /Extras folder
"Mac_WinXP.ntfs" for example, it doesn't replace on the remote dist.
points
because the file name is the same, even though the size and modification
date is different. So I delete it on the master one day, wait a day or
two, then put the new one back which is then rsynced out.
Feature Request: Can we select which folders get synced or not? I'd
like some distribution points to get the /Packages and /Scripts and some
distribution points to get /Packages, /Scripts and /Extras. And can we
tell it to look at size and/or date in addition to filename? I did get
help from JAMF support on modifying the plist at each dist. point, but
that
is a pain and gets reset when you change the scheduled sync time.
This added auto-sync feature has been great for me with many distribution
points, just needs a little more to be awesome.
Thanks,
Nathaniel Lindley
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Educational Technology
Saint Paul Public Schools
Saint Paul, Minnesota
nathaniel.lindley at spps.org
phone: 651-248-6861
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12/12/08 10:45 AM [Casper] Running out of HD space on
Distribution Points
Hey guys, I'm having a bit of a critical issue.
My Master Share clocks in at about 85GB. In addition to the normal stuff
in
there I also have keep 14 days worth of database backups.
I have about 12 remote Distribution points. I use remote sync on all of
them. It runs every night after I do a DB Backup, this way the sync
carries
the latest backup to all the remote distribution points.
My problem is that I noticed that casper remote sync is not cleaning up
after itself after it does a sync. It is not moving deleted packages into
the deleted packages folder, but recopying the ones from the Master share
that I've deleted since the backup, leaving two copies of the same package
on the repository. Its also not deleting old database backups from the
remote distribution points either, so when I last checked my smallest
repository which has a 160GB Hard Drive in it, it was completely full.
How can I make this work?
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